As US western wildfires ravage property, protection services boom
Firms that provide wildfire risk assessments and home hardening services say demand is rising as wildfires grow fiercer.
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Firms that provide wildfire risk assessments and home hardening services say demand is rising as wildfires grow fiercer.
Officials report that hundreds of giant sequoia trees could have been burned during intense wildfires that swept through Northern California
Following a year when authorities said wildfires burned down an unprecedented amount of sequoias, infernos blazing through two national parks are once again threatening the giant trees, underscoring how the increasing intensity of wildfires, drought and the effects of climate change endanger the survival of the species.
It appeared that two groves — including one with 5,000 trees — were seared by high-intensity fire that can send up 100-foot flames capable of burning the canopies of the towering trees.
Currently, the exact number of burned trees is unknown because the fire is mostly uncontained, but the NPS said it has been a significant number — in the hundreds.